Future-proofing electricity bills in the EU

Practical information

• Composition of the Study Group
• Giorgia BORDIGNON (administrator), María Dolores Carmona (assistant)
• TEN Section meeting: 6 October 2026 
• EESC Plenary session: 21-22 October 2026 
• Contact

Background

Together with the Electrification Action Plan, the Commission has published a legislative proposal to future-proof electricity bills in the EU, through reducing system costs and fostering electrification and digitalisation. The goal is to make Europe the world's first "electro-powered" continent by aiming to increase electrification from today's 23% of energy use to 46% by 2040. 

The proposals puts forward a series of measures meant to help reduce the price gap between electricity and fossil energy costs and by incentivising the uptake of cleaner, electricity-based technologies such as heat pumps, electric vehicles and batteries, among others. Measures include:

• future-proofing electricity bills in the EU by empowering EU countries to reduce network charges for certain consumer groups and taxes for energy-intensive businesses 
• encouraging faster deployment of smart meters, which will make it easier for consumers to save on their energy bills • speeding up the deployment of European electricity grids through the grids package 
• accelerating the uptake of innovative electrification solutions.